Dose-response associations between screen time and overweight among youth Hume, Clare, Singh, Amika, Brug, Johannes, Van Mechelen, Willem and Chinapaw, Marijke 2009, Dose-response associations between screen time and overweight among youth, International journal of pediatric obesity, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 61-64, doi: 10.1080/17477160802199992. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Dose-response associations between screen time and overweight among youth Author(s) Hume, Clare Singh, Amika Brug, Johannes Van Mechelen, Willem Chinapaw, Marijke Journal name International journal of pediatric obesity Volume number 4 Issue number 1 Start page 61 End page 64 Total pages 4 Publisher Informa Healthcare Place of publication London, England Publication date 2009-03 ISSN 1747-7166 1747-7174 Keyword(s) television weight status adolescent physical activity dietary intake Summary Objective. To examine dose-response associations between screen time and overweight, independent of physical activity and dietary intake. Methods. Participants were 580 Dutch youth (13 years; 48% boys). Body mass index, waist circumference and skinfold thickness at four sites determined weight status. Questionnaires examined television viewing and computer use, participation in organized sport and high caloric snack and sugar-containing beverage consumption. Results. There were no significant associations among boys. Compared with girls spending less than two hours/day in screen time, those who spent three to four hours/day were more likely to be classified as overweight by waist circumference (odds ratio [OR]=3.4; 95% confidence intervals [CI]=1.1-10.7; p=0.03), and this likelihood increased substantially among those spending more than four hours/day (OR=5.5; 95% CI=2.1-14.1; p≤0.0001). Conclusions. Girls who spend three or more hours/day in screen time are at increased risk of being classified as overweight by waist circumference. Language eng DOI 10.1080/17477160802199992 Field of Research 111706 Epidemiology Socio Economic Objective 920401 Behaviour and Health HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal HERDC collection year 2009 Copyright notice ©2009, Informa UK Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30019933 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 25 Sep 2009, 12:13:04 EST Mon, 28 Sep 2009, 09:05:15 EST Mon, 28 Sep 2009, 12:19:44 EST Mon, 28 Sep 2009, 12:23:39 EST Mon, 28 Sep 2009, 12:26:22 EST Mon, 28 Sep 2009, 12:40:30 EST Mon, 16 Jun 2014, 13:11:33 EST Wed, 09 Jul 2014, 11:17:44 EST Wed, 09 Jul 2014, 11:18:36 EST Fri, 22 Aug 2014, 15:26:11 EST Mon, 29 Sep 2014, 14:18:34 EST Fri, 10 Oct 2014, 08:33:00 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 11 times in TR Web of Science Cited 11 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 492 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 25 Sep 2009, 12:13:02 EST by Sally Morrigan